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Trumpet, B-flat

Trumpet, B-flat

Date: 1927-1928 ca.
Place Made:Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America
Model: King Liberty Model 1
Serial No: 102793
SignedEngraved on bell, surrounded by floral design: KING
Stamped underneath shield: LIBERTY MODEL.
Stamped within heart-like shape: Made by / THE / H. N. White / C-O / Clev.d / O.
MarkingsStamped on second valve: KING / MADE BY / H. N. WHITE / CLEV’D O. / 102793
Stamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on third valve slide branch: 793
Score marks on inner tubing of valve slides.
DescriptionBrass; with silver-plated, satin finish. Three, top-sprung Perinet piston valves. Mother-of-pearl touchpieces.
DimensionsHeight: 495 mm
Bell diameter: 116 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.2 mm (0.442 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesScott, Marshall L. The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum. D. M. A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988: 276.

Spell, Clinton E. “A History of the H. N. White Co. and Its Products (1893-1965)” MMThesis, University of South Dakota, 2013, pp. 195-196.
Object number: 01652